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  • INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT BASKIN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Baskin's office at the Dallas News, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Bob, we've known each other too long to be formal, so we might as well go on there. Lyndon Johnson? B: Briefly, when
  • ; and I can't remember who all else was in the car, but this was the major group. We got out there to the ranch, and the party eventually comprised Bill Steven, who at that time was editor of the Houston Chronicle--he's now I think with the Chicago Daily
  • , but if you're a member of a field office, you don't participate necessarily on a daily basis on protective work. investigations-- M: Only when he moves then? You have the other LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org Y: ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • , "Let's form a committee and let's talk about it and let's have our grandchildren decide." F: By the time you got to New York in '43, had you begun that white flight to the suburbs? W: I didn't go to New York, I went to Chicago in '43. As a matter
  • to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform
  • their friendship or their loyalties. Johnson and Clinton Anderson of New Mexico and Kerr and [Richard] Russell of Georgia really ran the Senate on the Democratic side along with the late Styles Bridges, [Everett] Dirksen and some of them on the Republican side. G
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
  • to the Kennedy Administration to have any Admin~tration. contact with Mr. Johnson back in your news career or in private career? D: Only vaguely in my news career. However, in 1955 and 1956, I was on Capitol Hill associated with Senator Estes Kefauver
  • . paper clippings of things. Dan ~'oody I think I still have some news- I had written in to the newspaper chiding for his actions and what he had been accusing Lyndon of and things like that. Mrs. Moody and I almost had a. . . . And Ed Clark took
  • g day going over the p lan s for the new ; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the ■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n , ■ although I’d g iv e up another ’ b o o k sh e lf
  • Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
  • . And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to. She'd been to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a m a rvelo u s tim e
  • Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
  • of the electorate in Texas and point out to me that in substance, Texas, because of the way in which it was settled was as big a melting pot as New York, and that particularly he had always been able to have the support of the Negro and the Mexicans. His problem
  • you. I told them I was going to be at Old Gun Factory Navy r·1ess for Thanksgiving Dinner. So 10 and behold, I get this call. and said, liThe White House is on the phone." A waiter came running Well, of course, this was big news in those days
  • THURSDAY, JU LY 2, 1964 - page 1 T h u r s d a y , J u ly 2nd, L u c i 's 17th b i r t h d a y . S e v e n te e n th w as a v e r y s p e c i a l y e a r w ith m e - - th e y e a r w h e n I b e g a n f a llin g in lov e w ith s o m e b o d y new e
  • in g . :‘ \ '1 ■ « !« ^ J a n u a r y 3 ; 1967 - - p a g e 2 I b a c k f o r l u n c h ,. and th e n I sp e n t the a fte rn o o n w ith R o y . ^ ■-iwr, w ew alk e d o ve r t h e o u tlin e o f M r . K l e in 's new shop w ith h im ; j F
  • ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d . It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I have m et b efo re. And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
  • Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
  • c h w a s p a in te d , had a. new flo o r , c le a n and b r ig h t i n s i d e , o n ly , a la s , w ith c o lo r e d w in d o w s th a t w ou ld h a v e b e e n b e t t e r l e f t c le a r . . L yn d on w a s in an e x u b e r a n t m o o d . l
  • e r s a n d h ad t r a v e l e d in a c o v e r e d w a g o n ,^ to i t s p r e s e n t site ^ - ^ n d i s s t i l l p ro d u c in g grapes! Our new m i n i s t e r , the R e v e r e n d J . W. L a n g f o r d , f r o m C a n a d a , i s ab o u t th
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to St. Barnabas Church; new minister is Rev. J. W. Langford; to Lewis Place with Jesse Kellam and Marianne Means; brunch at LBJ Ranch; visit from John and Nellie Connally; mention of progress of John Connally's right hand; Lady
  • and s ta ff to jo in A . W . and lo o k a t a new r a n c h th a t i s fo r s a l e . h im ! A lm o s t a n a d d ic tio n w ith A nd I w a s to jo in h im - - I p r o m is e d , I hop ed - - a t 1 :3 0 . So M r . B o w e n and P a t and I d r o v e
  • our boat had sunk right a fte r we had le ft January 2nd or 3rd or 4th, we set out boat riding in two boats, one that had been lent to Lyndon a fter ours had sunk, and the oth er A. W. ‘ s, equipped with brand new m o tors, which made it stand up on i
  • r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k w a s v e r y w e lc o m e , I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the freew ay c o n t r o v e r s y in San
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
  • , 1973 I NTERVI EloJEE: MADAME ELIZABETH SHOUMATOFF INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Her home on Long Island, Locust Valley, New York Tape 1 of 1 F: Suppose you tell me at the beginning how you got to be a president's portrait painter. S: You
  • . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by. I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE ( WASHINGTON S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5 M ex ic o to t e l
  • New Mexico
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • door yelling that the President had been shot. So we all rushed into the kitchen of the ranch house and watched Walter Cronkite report the news on the television set in the kitchen, Secret Service men included. Some of them were back
  • a l y e a r, w it h L y n d o n 's b le s s in g . M u c h o f th e in c r e a s e i s c a u se d b y new e d u c a tio n a id m e a s u r e s p u sh e d t h ro u g h th e C o n g r e s s t h i s y e a r and s o e a r n e s t ly urged b y L y n d o
  • e N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t . T h ird , K T B C 's p la n e, T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a p riv a te , d isc ree t,m odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y new
  • New York
  • Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
  • Carlyle Hotel, New York City
  • and the final denouement of the MLF? M: The meeting was in the summer, and the final killing of the MLF --actually, Of course they dragged it through the ANF thing for another year. But I think in November or so of '64, was the news leak you mentioned, so
  • so. He would look at those books and say, "There's not a damn thing in it. It's just a bunch of words. There's no new policy. reason for me to go. '1 There's nothing new. There's no new stateMent. There's no new So we tried to get the desk
  • V MEMORANDUk . THE WHITE HOUSE WA8HINOTON M onday, M a rc h 1, 1965 T h e new m o n th b e g a n a t th e R a n c h , w ith a g r e y sk y . vl £ o u ^} w ith Jew el an d D a le . I d ro v e a ro u n d We lo o k e d a t th a t o ld C a lic h
  • d and b e a u tifu l, w a s fu ll o f ta lk abou t t h e ir new h o m e . I h av e m is s e d h er and M a x e x c e p t fo r ^ b ig g a th e r in g s fo r s e v e r a l y e a r s and it w a s fun to h a v e a q u iet e v e n in g w ith th e m . ■^
  • e r in g . A nd a t r i o of s o u th e r ners - - G o v e rn o r R o b e r t M c N a ir of S outh C a r o lin a , new 0 I b e lie v e ,: a n d M il l s G odw in o f Vir g in ia --^he h a d rid d e n o n th e t r a i n w ith m e in ‘65. A nd D
  • 01:01 - should be '64, not '65; 03:58 - marble from "New" Mexico, not Mexico; 03:30 to end of tape is very fast and Lady Bird sounds like chipmunk
  • a r s . A new s e rv a n t - - a C h in a m a n . L y n d o n h a d a r r a n g e d to h i r e h im in S an S a l v a d o r w ith o u t e v e r l a y i n g e y e s on h i m , k n o w in g t h a t h e s p o k e no E n g l i s h a n d a l i t t l e S p
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Francis Xavier Church; LBJ gives Lady Bird & Jesse Kellam khaki ranch clothes; ranch guests are the Bob Hardestys & Harry Middletons; LBJ hires a new servant, Mr. Wong; Johnsons & guests ride through the Danz & Martin Ranches
  • u p e rb c o r n b r e a d , and L y n d o n . a te s e n s ib ly . J$ th e lo n g New Y e a r 's v a c a tio n w a s a tim e of the b r id g e to u rn a m e n t, th is w e e k e n d i s the tim e of m o v ie s . L a s t n ig h t, i t w a s
  • e d ! \ N e v e r w ill ; T h e S e c r e t S e r v ic e p ic k e d u s up w ith a c a r , a n d w e d r o v e up p a s t the c e m e t e r y to s e e the h a n d s o m e new hurir tgow o n g ate M r . W e i g l h a s m a d e u s to m a t c h
  • LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
  • , reteim a, redbud - - I h ave a lw a y s w anted a long allel^ o f b loom in g t r e e s , but don’t have the eye to know w h e re th e y shou ld b e . , 1 - ': w en t to the b ir th p la ce h o u se . It sounds s o p om p ou s. I m u st find a new n
  • t L iz re m in d e d u s a t l e a s t t h r e e tim e s to c o n v e n e a ro u n d the TV s e t a n d w a tc h L yndon on h is n ew s c o n f e re n c e . T h e r e w e re th r e e m a in p ie c e s of n ew s - - the a p p o in tm e n t of a new U
  • v e r n o r H u g h es of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n . , T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
  • a good c o m p a n io n L iz O dom i s ! re m in is c e d about v ario u s tr ip s . We We h ad a d r i n k in r o u t e , a n d th e n w h e n w e la n d e d J e s s e m leaKj o i n e d us and t h e D e a th e s a n d w e w e n t to a new S p a n ish
  • friend of the President or are the rules too well set out? Q: Oh, no, nothing at all except the satisfaction of knowing a great guy. I've never asked, not ·when he was a Congressman or a Senator, him to do anything for this office. and want a new desk
  • tu r e s who w a s k illin g a l l of h i's l i t t l e k i d s - new b o r n g o a ts — a n d a b o u t a r e t u r n of w o lv e s who had n o t b e e n s e e n in t h e s e p a r t s f o r m a n y y e a r s u n til th e l a s t t h r e e o r fo u r
  • my l i f e ' s b lo o d f o r a l l th e h o u r s we h a v e sp e n t t h e s e l a s t two m onths in p la n n in g , p a in t in g and d e c o r a t in g th em . th e ro a d And somewh e r e a lo n g go t th e new s from Lynd o n the ah